Wolfe's history of Clinton County, Iowa, Volume 1, Part 15

Author: Patrick B. Wolfe
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen & Co.
Number of Pages: 829

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In June, 1840, Rev. Oliver Emerson, familiarly known as "Father Emer- son." came to Davenport. He was a graduate of Lane Seminary and a class- mate of Henry Ward Beecher. In creed he was a Baptist, except that he was an "open communionist." This heresy interfering with his ordination in Ohio, he came to Iowa, hoping that his "unorthodoxy" might be overlooked and that he might receive ordination in the church of his choice. He preached

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to a Baptist society in Davenport a short time, when his views caused a separa- tion. A few persons, members of different denominations, then engaged him to preach to them and agreed to pay him fifteen dollars per month and board: him on the "boarding round" system. An unfinished building was secured, benches put in, and here he labored, "on his own hook," for a brief term, being unlicensed to preach and under the pay or control of no ecclesiastical body. Davenport then had a population of about five hundred. At the close of this labor he removed his headquarters to Dubuque (though it might be more appropriately said that his headquarters were in the field) and took Jackson and Clinton counties for his territory. In September, 1840, he preached his first sermon in Clinton county, at the house of Joseph Turner, on Silver creek, near De Witt. He reached there on Saturday evening, and in the morning T. W. Clark went around among the settlers and gave notice that a meeting would be held, and thus gathered a congregation.

Making his base of operations Sabula, Father Emerson's. custom .was to reach on Sunday morning at that place, in the afternoon at the house of George Griswold, on Elk river, and at evening in Lyons. He also preached in Camanche, and out on the Wapsie, at the Dutton settlement, at the Alger settlement and at De Witt. Indeed, he ranged over the sparsely settled country and wherever he could gather a congregation, on Sabbath or weekday, he "spake for the Master;" in the language of another, "preaching at regular though distant intervals, and occasionally administering the sacrament." He had been ordained as a Congregational minister, but was extremely Catholic and was welcomed by Christians of every creed. Everywhere he is spoken of with love and veneration. His face was welcomed in every household, "even the sulky, in which he traveled through his circuit, was remembered as a vehicle quite as venerable as the deacon's 'one hoss shay.'"

He is responsible for the following historical items. A Congregational church was organized at an early day, probably in 1842, in Bloomfield town- ship, and was continued several years, but a large number of its members emigrated to Missouri and the church was disbanded. Services were held as early as 1843 in Deep Creek township, at the Hunter school house. In the fall of 1842 Mr. Emerson moved to De Witt, it being nearer the center of his territory, a Congregational minister having been sent to Dubuque. In the spring of 1843 he married Eliza Bedford, and built a house there, but in 1847 moved back to Sabula.

In speaking of those early days, he says the people were all poor. Many came without means, and those who did bring a little money with them, soon found their means invested in a cabin, in their improvements and supplies.

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Their first crop, on account of remoteness of markets, brought them but scanty returns, and so all were on a level. The poverty of the people was great. During his early ministrations, he had no salary or fixed compensa- tion. He was welcome to the homely fare of the cabin and the best place to sleep that they could furnish, and when his "clothes got seedy and worn, they clubbed together and provided him with a new suit."

Cotemporaneous with Father Emerson was Rev. Barton H. Cartwright, who was the first Methodist circuit rider. His circuit was called the Charles- ton circuit, including Charleston (now Sabula), Lyons, Camanche, De Witt, and nearly all of Jackson and Clinton counties. His residence was in the timber, between the two forks of the Maquoketa.

The first presiding elder was Rev. Mr. Weed. Rev. John H. Prentiss was also a pioneer minister, and the first pastor of the Union Grove Congre- gational church, which he organized in 1838, and which included Fulton and Lyons in its boundaries.

Rev. John C. Holbrook was commissioned in the winter of 1841-42 as a home missionary for Pleasant Valley, Clinton county, etc. He supplied the church at Lyons and preached in this vicinity. He removed to Dubuque, where he remained about twenty years, thence removed to Syracuse, New York, where he was later secretary of the New York Home Missionary Society.

The first Sabbath school of which any report is found was gathered in Lyons, and was held at the house of Chalkley A. Hoag. Frederick Hess was the superintendent, Daniel Hess, librarian, and Margaret Hess the teacher. This school was discontinued during the winter months. Afterward, a Mr. Goodrich, who was a school teacher, was for a time the superintendent, until the coming of Father Vincent, who then became the superintendent. Father Warner also gathered a school at his cabin, two miles from town, in 1847.

THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.

The Lyons Methodist Episcopal church, on Sixth street, between Wash- ington and Franklin streets, was organized in 1840, seventy years ago. It was established by Rev. B. H. Cartwright, a missionary from Illinois. The charter members were Fred and Mary Hess, Daniel, Charles and Margaret Hebb, Stephen and Eliza Tripp. The first services were held at the house of Frederick Hess, the postoffice.

Up to 1857 Lyons was on a circuit with Camanche, De Witt and Clinton. During these years the pastors were : Rev. McMurty, 1841-42; Rev. Holman,

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1842-43; Rev. Stinson, 1843-44; Rev. John Walker, 1844-45-46; Revs. Rob- erts and Greenough, 1846; Rev. George Sarkin, 1847-48; Rev. Crawford, 1848-49; Rev. Blackburn, 1849-50; Rev. Guilde, 1850-51 ; Rev. John Walker (second time), 1851-52; Rev. George Larkin, 1852-53; Rev. N. Odell, 1853- 4-5; Rev. J. B. Taylor, 1855-56-57.

During Reverend Taylor's administration the first church was built, at a cost of eight thousand dollars, on the site of the present building. Lyons became an independent charge at this date, it being one of the prominent points in the Upper Iowa conference. The conference was held here in 1858, when Doctor Kynett was pastor. It should be remembered that he was the origin- ator of the Methodist Church Extension Society and of which it was said that a few years since it built a new church every week in the year. The min- isters following are numerous and include : Revs. Brindell, Ames, Casebeer, Parsons, Mitter, Eberhart, Bowman, Sease, Jeffries, Miller, N. Pye, J. H. Rigbe, Manning, Brindell, M. H. Smith, J. O. Robinson, A. M. McIntosh, A. D. Stevens, E. G. Copeland, and some whose names have been lost in the mislaying of records and the passing of years.

Many changes and remodelings of the church building have gone on from time to time. The church was totally destroyed by fire in 1892. From 1860 to the present time the average membership has been about two hundred and fifty. Mrs. M. A. Tate is now the only survivor of the church of 1855. The church and parsonage is now valued at twenty thousand dollars.

The church is in a healthy condition today. In 1909 the conference re- ported it as having one hundred and ninety-nine members, with a church worth ten thousand dollars.

THE CLINTON CHURCHES.

Upon the platting of Clinton, about 1855, several of the citizens of the new place found themselves without a church home, and an independent class was formed by some Methodist people. July 17, 1856, the class contained twenty members and they organized, under the leadership of Rev. Joel B. Taylor, pastor at Camanche and Lyons, what was designated the First Meth- odist Episcopal of Clinton. The first board of trustees were, J. C. Young, S. W. Carly, M. H. Jacobs, William Jack, J. S. Waterman, F. R. Peck and Adam Dunn. In June, 1857, this board of trustees decided to erect a build- ing in which to worship and it was completed in June, 1858, at a cost of six hundred and thirty dollars. This church was a wood structure. nineteen by twenty-four feet, and served well its purpose until the fall of 1865. In that

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year it was removed from the lot and a new church built of brick. This sec- ond church cost ten thousand dollars. The church society filed articles of incorporation, as provided by the state law. In 1868, this building was re- modeled and a chapel erected, at a cost of nine thousand dollars. In 1887 a pipe organ was provided, at a cost of two thousand dollars. Things drifted along and the church prospered, spiritually and temporally, until May 6, 1901, when, at a regular meeting of the official board, measures were taken to erect a more commodious building, the present church edifice, on the corner of Seventh avenue and Third street, the site of the old buildings. In February, 1902, over thirty thousand dollars had been raised by subscription, etc .; and a building committee was selected as follows : Simon Shoecraft, chairman, Rev. W. F. Pitner, A. W. Miller, G. W. Kiester, A. B. Rathbun, R. R. Seguin, T. M. Gobble, G. H. Backus, and George Spencer, who later resigned and in his place was chosen Daniel Earhart. John Lake & Son, of Clinton, were awarded the builder's contract. The first stone for the foundation was laid in August, 1902; the real cornerstone was laid October 5, 1902, the services being held in the Davis opera house, presided over by Reverend Pitner. The structure was dedicated Sunday, September 13, 1903, although the building was not wholly finished for several months thereafter. Joseph W. Powell, of Buffalo, New York, dedicated the building. The presiding elder, Rev. C. L. Gould, presided over the impressive services at the dedication.

To return in our narrative to the early days, it may be of some interest to know something more concerning the starting point, early members and preachers who had this church in charge.

The conference was held at Lyons in 1858 and Rev. G. W. Brindell was assigned to Clinton and re-appointed in 1859. In 1860-61 he was succeeded by Rev. R. Norton. In 1862 Rev. R. N. Earhart was appointed, but resigned in the middle of the year. In 1863 Rev. L. Taylor came and at the end of his year reported one hundred and twenty-eight members. In the autumn of 1864 Rev. C. G. Truesdell was appointed pastor, and re-appointed in 1865. Following him came, in 1868, Rev. John W. Clinton; during his term the church building was enlarged greatly. In the fall of 1870 Rev. Julius Stevens became the pastor, remained one year and was followed by Rev. J. H. Rhea, who continued two years and was succeeded by Rev. R. D. Parsons. He only stayed six months and resigned. In the fall of that year he was suc- ceeded by Rev. Emory Miller, who at the close of the year was appointed pre- siding elder of the Cedar Falls district, and Rev. G. W. Brindell' again became pastor at Clinton. In the autumn of 1878 he was followed by Rev. S. Watson Ingham. In 1879, the church had a membership of almost four hundred.

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Just who served as pastor for the next decade we are not advised, but in 1902 the pastor was Rev. W. F. Pitner, then came Rev. A. M. Billingsley, D. D., and he remained three years and was succeeded in 1906 by Rev. Thomas M. Evans, D. D., the present pastor.

The present church property is valued at about sixty thousand dollars. The membership is almost five hundred. The new church edifice is among the finest in all this section of the state, being modern in every particular.

Other churches of this denomination are the Bowman and Esther Young churches of the city of Clinton. These. were the natural offspring of the mother church, the First Methodist Episcopal.

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal church, of Clinton, was organized in August, 1868. Its building site is on the corner of Third avenue and Third street. The present membership of this church is sixty. Its charter mem- bers were as follows: Mrs. Lucy Dozier, Peter Thompson, Mrs. George Ben- son, Elizabeth Fairfax, Nancy Jane Van Duzee, George Benson, Thomas Gaines, John Monroe, William Van Duzee, Sr., William Van Duzee, Jr.

A house of worship was erected in August, 1868, at a cost of six hundred dollars. It was located on the site of the present church, which was built later, at a cost of two thousand dollars.

The pastors who have served this church are as follows: Rev. George Benson, Rev. J. H. Payne, Rev. S. Nichols, Rev. R. Knight, Rev. James Perkins, Rev. J. W. Lewis, Rev. S. Hutchison, Rey. E. C. Freeman, Rev. H. Myers, Rev. W. B. Alexander, Rev. A. T. Hall, Rev. S. A. Hardison, Rev. G. H. Wade, Rev. J. W. Malone, Rev. S. Jacobs, Rev. S. Alexander, Rev. S. McDowell, Rev. L. J. Phillips, Rev. J. C. Anderson, Rev. P. P. Taylor, Rev. G. M. Tillman, Rev. R. Holly, Rev. F. J. Peterson, Rev. W. A. Searcy, Rev. W. H. Speese, Rev. C. H. Thomas, Rev. A. Boyd, Rev. S. L. Birt, Rev. B. U. Taylor.

DE WITT M. E. CHURCH.

The First Methodist Episcopal church at De Witt was organized in 1843 by Rev. John Roberts, a local preacher. The first class was composed of S. P. Burton and wife, David Brown and wife and Moses Dore and wife. In 1844 it became a part of Bellevue circuit, with Revs. Howard and Bush- nell as pastors. The society built a small church about 1850 under Rev. Hurl- but. A new building was erected in 1861, Rev. Andrew Coleman being pas- tor at the time. This served until the spring of 1910, when it was torn down and a new church, on modern scale and plans, is now being erected of brick veneer. It is of a most attractive style of architecture and when completed

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will have cost six thousand dollars. It is thirty-two by forty-two feet, with lecture room sixteen by thirty feet.

The present membership of this church is a little over one hundred, in good standing.

The following is a list of pastors who have served : Revs. Farlow, Dennis, Taylor and Larkin, 1844-50; Rev. Hurlbut, who erected a church building; Rev. John Walsey, pastor two years; Rev. Blackford, 1852-53; Rev. George Larkin, 1853-54; Revs. A. N. Odell and Thomas Thomson, 1855-56; Rev. F. Amos, who lived in De Witt; Rev. Baker, 1856-57; Rev. J. Riddington, 1857-58; Rev. Esterbrook, who left to join the Protestant Episcopal denom- ination; Rev. Andrew Coleman, 1860-62, who built the second church edifice; Rev. Elias Skinner, 1862-64; he enlisted in the Union army in the Civil war; Rev. Joel B. Taylor, 1864-66; Rev. W. F. Paxton, 1866-68; Rev. John G. Anderson, 1869-70. De Witt then had a membership of two hundred and five and paid nine hundred and fifty dollars a year salary ; Rev. Lyman Catlin- worth, 1870-71; Rev. J. S. Eberhart, 1871-72; Rev. J. K. Fuller, 1872-73; Rev. H. M. Smith, 1874-77; Rev. J. H. Rigby, 1877-78; Rev. J. M. Ferris, 1879-81 ; Rev. G. R. Maning, 1881-83; Rev. A. J. Wilson, 1883-84; Rev. E. A. Hawn, 1884-85, died in New Mexico; Rev. G. F. Draper, 1885-86, made a missionary to Japan; Rev. M. F. Smerley, 1886-87; Rev. F. J. Norton, 1887- 90; Rev. Thomas Oliver, 1890-91 ; this pastor invented the Oliver typewriter ; Rev. J. H. Hayward, 1891-92; Rev. W. Lease, 1892-97, improved church property ; Rev. S. C. Platts, 1897-98; Rev. W. R. Dyer, 1898-1903; Rev. C. A. Petticord, 1904-07; Rev. F. Ellis, 1907-08; Rev. William Leslie, 1908-09; Rev. J. K. Shaffer, 1909, the present pastor, who kindly gave this history.

ELWOOD M. E. CHURCH.

This church became an organization a half century and more ago-New Year's day, 1855. Twelve years later funds were collected and Brookfield chapel was erected, it being dedicated July 25, 1868. For thirty-six years the . society worshiped in this chapel, situated a half mile to the east of Elwood, which place was founded several years after the organization built this church. In the winter of 1903-04 a movement was set on foot by which a new church was to be erected, under the direction of Rev. F. Ellis. Early in the spring old Brookfield church was taken down, the lumber and rubbish cleared away and building operations commenced. The new church was dedicated August 28, 1904, by Dr. W. F. Barclay. The building is forty by fifty-six feet and a tower fifty feet high, the interior being finished in Georgia pine. The win-

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dows are elegant art memorial windows. Its cost was about four thousand dollars.

The pastors who have served here include these: Revs. R. W. Milner, H. H. Green, O. D. Boles, Isaac Newton, S. Y. Harmer, J. T. Spry, C. A. Hawn, R. Swearingen, P. W. Gould, R. A. Miller, G. W. Rogers, John Gam- mons, J. G. Eberhart, F. H. Heatley, E. Ketchem, H. Williams, H. F. Wyatt, F. Ellis, J. J. Kiddler, and B. A. Davis, the present pastor.

The minutes of the conference gave in 1909 the value of the church property at five thousand five hundred dollars and the membership at one hun- dred and forty-five.

CAMANCHE M. E. CHURCH. .

The Camanche Methodist Episcopal church has a history dating back to the organization of Clinton county. Camanche was at first a station on the Sabula circuit. Rev. Cartwright was the first preacher, in 1840. Then in 1855 a change was made, and in that year the people completed a brick church, costing three thousand dollars. This edifice was totally demolished in the great Camanche tornado of 1860. In the autumn of 1861, a new church was dedicated, this being a frame structure, costing only about four hundred dol- lars.

Rev. Holman was the man who really organized this church in 1840. While it is impossible to here name all the pastors in the order of their serv- ing, yet the following comprises a greater part of the faithful pastors who have been sent here in years gone by : Revs. Stimpson, Blackman, Greenrt, Rob- erts, John Walker, George Lackans, Blackford, Odell, who erected the first church edifice, J. B. Taylor, who erected the first parsonage, C. W. Lanton, I. D. Dickman, J. G. Demitt, S. C. Frieer, J. T. Colman, who built the present church, R. N. Earhart, J. Ridlington, C. F. McLain, C. A. Haun, Bruebester, Isaac Newton, E. G. W-, J. F. Baker, W. E. McCormick, J. H. Wilcox, H. Leywick, J. T. Espy, C. A. Haun, W. S. R. Bennett, Adam Holm, H. T. Healthy, George Platts, W. O. Tompkins, C. B. Crinklew, J. K. Shiffer, C. A. Peddicord, J. S. Westfall, C. H. Hart, A. W. Henke, S. V. Williams, H. Bailey.

This church now enjoys a membership of one hundred. The church property is valued at three thousand nine hundred dollars.

OTHER METHODIST CHURCHES.

At Calamus, the Methodist people were organized January 1, 1868, and soon thereafter erected a neat frame building. They were many years con-

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nected with Grand Mound circuit. The 1909 reports give the membership of this charge as fifty-six; two churches and property valued at four thousand seven hundred dollars.

At Low Moor the membership of the Methodist Episcopal church is ninety-seven ; church property valued at three thousand dollars: The church was really organized with the class in 1858; the depot was later used for a meeting house and also a school house was occupied by the little society. In 1869 they erected a neat building, costing three thousand six hundred dollars.

Delmar Methodist Episcopal church was organized by being separated from the Maquoketa circuit in 1878. The official members at that time were: John Decker, A. Ebersole, S. S. Wright, George Tubbs, J. Benjamin, Orson T. Conery, E. R. Northrop, L. K. Harrington, Benjamin Spencer, Amos Hurst, G. W. Jones, W. E. Roberts, The membership was eighty-three.

The various pastors who have served are: Revs. H. N. Green, O. L. Fisher, L. C. Woodford, I. C. Lusk, W. S. R. Burnette, W. E. McCormick, J. M. Ferris, W. S. Dove, G. W. Ballou, J. W. Fausett, J. A. Souders, E. G. Waite, J. R. A. Hanner, H. S. Bargelt, C. J. W. Triem, W. E. Van Buren, W. B. Davis, H. H. Barten, F. Ellis, C. A. Peddicord. The present pastor is Rev. J. J. Yost.

This church has property valued at five thousand five hundred dollars, and its membership is one hundred and thirty-four. Welton is now included in, or joined to, Delmar in one circuit.

CATHOLIC CHURCHES OF CLINTON COUNTY.

The first Catholic church in Clinton county was erected in 1850, in the town of De Witt. When so erected, there were only about three hundred of the Catholic faith residing in the county. Today this denomination is one of the strongest, if not the strongest, in the county, and its power and influence for good is known throughout the entire state. The early priests endured great privation and many hardships in administering to the members of that faith. They trudged along on foot, through forests and swamps, or rode on horseback, facing in the winter the blizzards, known only to those early days, and the extreme heat of summer. All of this that they may minister to the sick and dying, and bring comfort and consolation to the living. This they did without hope of reward, other than such as was conferred upon them by the Good Shepherd, when they passed to the other shore.

As early as 1846, Father Travis, a French missionary priest, celebrated mass in Clinton county. He afterwards was vicar-general of the Davenport

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diocese. In 1847, Father Patrick.McGinnis, a missionary among the Indians, and who. traveled over and read mass in all parts of the state of Iowa, read mass in Clinton county. He died at Clinton, November 14, 1893, and is buried in St. Mary's cemetery.

In 1850 Father Kelly, from Pennsylvania, read mass at a private house in De Witt, and in 1851, in Camanche, Father Clement Smyth read mass at the house of Thomas Hudson; he was afterwards bishop of Dubuque. In that same. year Father Jean celebrated mass in the houses of James Conlin and Michael Daly in Lyons.

ST. IRENAEUS PARISH.

There are five Catholic churches in the city of Clinton, the oldest being St. Irenaeus, which was established by Bishop Loras in 1852, and its first pastor was the Rev. Frederick Cyrillus Jean, a native of France, who before that time had been stationed at Bellevue, in Jackson county, and occasionally visited and read mass in Clinton county.

In 1852, he built a brick edifice, costing about fifteen hundred dollars, much of the labor having been performed by the members of the parish with- out charge. Prominent among the Catholics of Lyons were, Michael Daly, James Conlin, Herman Kahle, Martin and Patrick Daly, Henry Manneman, James Owens, Clemens Detterman, Benedict Detterman, Bernard Mclaughlin, James Hand, James Doherty, Edward Babbington, Michael Linch and Patrick Hannaher.

In 1852, there removed from Camanche and became residents of the North End, Thomas Hudson, Patrick and Michael Rowan. In the fifties, Edward Gillon donated forty acres of land, four miles west of Lyons, to be used as a burying ground, and is known as Mill Creek cemetery.

In 1856 Father Jean built a new church on the same block on which the present building is situated. It was a large frame building. Not many years lapsed before a larger church had to be provided. In 1864, Bishop Smyth laid the corner stone of the present beautiful edifice. It cost at the time of its construction about forty-five thousand dollars, and seats from eight hun- dred to one thousand persons. It was built from limestone taken from quar- ries near the city. There is erected in conjunction with the church a parochial school, that is in charge of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The school cost approximately four thousand dollars, and is in a flourishing condition.

Father Jean was born at Bayns, France, 1827, and died in the city of

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Clinton, April 12, 1890, and is buried in St. Boniface cemetery. The various priests of this church have been, Fathers Jean, Spellisy, Mackey, Lynch, Dunn, Corbett, Leahy, Murray and the present pastor, the Rev. James Comerford. The church property is of the value of seventy-five thousand dollars.

ST. BONIFACE.

The parish of St. Boniface was founded in 1861. The services in the church are conducted generally in the German language. Previous to that date, the Germans had affiliated with St. Irenaeus parish. In that year they purchased a building that had been formerly used by the Presbyterians as a church edifice and reconstructed it, and had it consecrated as a Catholic church. The first pastor was Father Meis. He remained until he was suc- ceeded by Father Feindrich, who was succeeded by Father Heinbucher, who was succeeded by Father Wieland, who was superseded in 1875 by Father Kempher. The latter was a very scholarly gentleman, who undertook to write the history of the Catholic churches in Iowa, having written a number of chapters, but never completing the same. He was succeeded by Father Bassler. In 1878 Father Inehrsmann became pastor, and during his pastorate the present parochial school was built. He was succeeded by Fathers Schulte, Kurtz, Albers, Boeding, Gehling, and in 1901 came Father Tritz, the present pastor. To this parish belongs the honor of building the first parochial school in Clinton county. This school was erected in 1864. In 1878 the present school was constructed, at a cost of two thousand dollars. This school was erected by Herman Kahle. He also deeded to Bishop Hennessy, his successor, in trust, one hundred and forty-two acres of land and directed that, "The income and revenue from said land to be expended annually for the benefit of the German Catholics, St. Boniface church of Lyons, Iowa, and for the paroch- ial school connected with said church."

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Wolfe's history of Clinton County, Iowa, Volume 1, Part 15

Author: Patrick B. Wolfe Publication date: 1911 Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen & Co. Number of Pages: 829

Author: Patrick B. Wolfe
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen & Co.
Number of Pages: 829